Think Sheet

When I picked Dee up from her after school program, she told me she had a "Think Sheet."  We have been told not to consequence think sheets, but I usually do.  Before Dee told me, her little friend was talking to the director with red eyes.  I was worried what Dee did to her.  (This summer, she bit this girl in the upper thigh, so I didn't think her mom would tolerate anything else.)

No, that child had her own issue.  Dee talked back to one of the leaders.  She was talked to and not given a sheet.  Then after all that grace...she was told to play with more kids, and move on to another part of the playground.  She told the teacher, "You're not the boss of me."  Thus, the Think Sheet.

I was livid.  I found that now I'm owning her behavior.  I told her I didn't raise her to be disrespectful, and I was not going to have that.  She said no one ever told her that other people could tell her who to play with or not.  I told her I do it, teachers do it and that's not an excuse.

I made her write an apology.  She use to that.  But I put an outline on the board for her to follow.  She did a good job.